The Green Gardens of Portland
October 4, 2016Our journey is coming to an end and the second to last stop brings us to Portland, Oregon, or as the locals say "Orgen." It was a short but delightful sojourn in one of America's fastest growing cities, driven in part by the IT companies who are centered there, and...
From the Heart of Archana Pillay
October 4, 2016Part of Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami and Natyam Rajanatha's recently-completed whirlwind travels across the US and Canada landed them in the lovely home of the Pillay family. Located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, the family consists of father and mother Nagarajan and Shamini along with their three children, Archana, Divyesh, and little...
Canada Adventure Day 3
October 3, 2016Today is the last day of our "mini innersearch" with the traveling monks and a grand tour of the Butchart Gardens. This is the story of an amazing woman, named Jeannie Butchart - married to an enterprising concrete manufacturer. Basically he purchased the land to extricate lime stone deposits for...
Monks Return Home
October 3, 2016[caption id="attachment_32155" align="alignleft" width="805"] Swami and Natyam[/caption]After almost one month, Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami and Natyam Rajanatha are back in the monastery. More posts following the last part of our journey are coming, stay tuned...
October Chitra Puja
October 2, 2016Last evening marked the beginning of this month's Chitra nakshatra (a lunar mansion along the ecliptic). This is the time when we celebrate Gurudeva with a padapuja to his granite paduka in Kadavul Temple. This morning Satguru, his monks and island members gathered together in Kadavul Temple to connect with...
Canada Adventure Day 2: Seaside Promenade, Boats and Homa
October 1, 2016For day 2 of our Canada adventure the group went on a long seaside walk and into a beautiful park with grand trees and wildlife. Our breezy morning walk group. From left: Peter, Holly, Swami, Bobby, Kathy, Amala and Deva. The photo is missing friends Thurai, Brett and the entire...
Canada Adventure Day One: Welcome to Canada!
September 29, 2016Eight major cities and one country can't stop these relentless traveling monks. Canada welcomes us and we hit the ground running with a full on 130 guest event later that day. Let's walk through the eye of my lens and see what I saw. Paramacharya sees the welcome party and...
Ultimate Goals: Realization, Liberation, Merger
September 28, 2016Don't miss Bodhinathas powerful Sun One Talk! "Ultimate Goals: Realization, Liberation, Merger" (September 24,2016) The three distinct attainments in our philosophy: realization-nirvikalpa samadhi, moksha-liberation and merger-vishvagrasa. Believe in our ability to raise consciousness high and hold it. Every day live in the highest state of consciousness you can. Take on...